![]() Now, decades later, when a ghost from that pivotal year surfaces unexpectedly, Cat must try to forgive herself and move on, even as the memory of Marlena keeps her tangled in the past. ![]() Within the year, Marlena is dead, drowned in six inches of icy water in the woods nearby. As the two girls turn the untamed landscape of their desolate small town into a kind of playground, Cat catalogues a litany of firsts-first drink, first cigarette, first kiss-while Marlena’s habits harden and calcify. ![]() Cat, inexperienced and desperate for connection, is quickly lured into Marlena’s orbit by little more than an arched eyebrow and a shake of white-blond hair. ![]() Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize / Michigan Notable Book / Longlisted for The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize / Nevada Reads / Belletrist Book Club / Barnes & Noble Discover Pick / Indie Next Pick / Book of the Month Club / The Rumpus Book Club / NYLON Book ClubĪn electric debut novel about love, addiction, and loss the story of two girls and the feral year that will cost one her life, and define the other’s for decadesĮverything about fifteen-year-old Cat’s new town in rural Michigan is lonely and off-kilter, until she meets her neighbor, the manic, beautiful, pill-popping Marlena. ![]()
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